Patents by Inventor James M. Verespej

James M. Verespej has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11400234
    Abstract: A device that is used in conjunction with a needle-based medication injection device (e.g. a prefilled syringe) that prevents needle stick injuries. The used needle is shielded by a needle guard that surrounds and extends beyond the needle tip. In a preferred embodiment, before the needle is inserted into the patient, the needle guard projects forward to substantially hide visibility of the needle for safety and to reduce patient anxiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej
  • Patent number: 10702663
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a needle guard device or system that can be used with drugs requiring reconstitution. The needle guard is preferably a passive needle guard that can be used during reconstitution without activating the safety mechanism. Following administration of the medication, the needle guard shields a user from inadvertent needle sticks by extending a protective shield over the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Verespej, Philip E. Dowds
  • Publication number: 20190255258
    Abstract: A device that is used in conjunction with a needle-based medication injection device (e.g. a prefilled syringe) that prevents needle stick injuries. The used needle is shielded by a needle guard that surrounds and extends beyond the needle tip. In a preferred embodiment, before the needle is inserted into the patient, the needle guard projects forward to substantially hide visibility of the needle for safety and to reduce patient anxiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej
  • Patent number: 10314985
    Abstract: A device that is used in conjunction with a needle-based medication injection device (e.g. a prefilled syringe) that prevents needle stick injuries. The used needle is shielded by a needle guard that surrounds and extends beyond the needle tip. In a preferred embodiment, before the needle is inserted into the patient, the needle guard projects forward to substantially hide visibility of the needle for safety and to reduce patient anxiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej
  • Patent number: 9925341
    Abstract: A folding panel needle guard comprises front and rear panels coupled together at hinges, a collar attached to the front panels at hinges, a guard base element coupled to the rear panels at hinges, a hub and a spring to unfold and lock the front and rear panels in a co-linear needle shielded configuration. The folding panel needle guard is mountable to a needle or syringe assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAFETY SYRINGES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Christopher Doyle, Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej, Frederic P. Field
  • Publication number: 20170065773
    Abstract: A device that is used in conjunction with a needle-based medication injection device (e.g. a prefilled syringe) that prevents needle stick injuries. The used needle is shielded by a needle guard that surrounds and extends beyond the needle tip. In a preferred embodiment, before the needle is inserted into the patient, the needle guard projects forward to substantially hide visibility of the needle for safety and to reduce patient anxiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej
  • Publication number: 20170028139
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a needle guard device or system that can be used with drugs requiring reconstitution. The needle guard is preferably a passive needle guard that can be used during reconstitution without activating the safety mechanism. Following administration of the medication, the needle guard shields a user from inadvertent needle sticks by extending a protective shield over the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: James M. Verespej, Philip E. Dowds
  • Patent number: 9526846
    Abstract: A device that is used in conjunction with a needle-based medication injection device (e.g. a prefilled syringe) that prevents needle stick injuries. The used needle is shielded by a needle guard that surrounds and extends beyond the needle tip. In a preferred embodiment, before the needle is inserted into the patient, the needle guard projects forward to substantially hide visibility of the needle for safety and to reduce patient anxiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej
  • Patent number: 9498581
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a needle guard device or system that can be used with drugs requiring reconstitution. The needle guard is preferably a passive needle guard that can be used during reconstitution without activating the safety mechanism. Following administration of the medication, the needle guard shields a user from inadvertent needle sticks by extending a protective shield over the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Verespej, Philip Dowds
  • Patent number: 9248242
    Abstract: A safety device for a medicine cartridge comprising a body for receiving a cartridge, a guard for covering a used needle, a plunger to dispense medicine from the cartridge and a spring for activation of the guard. The trigger fingers of the guard are spaced to avoid or minimize contact with the spring flange during assembly to avoid trigger finger unseating. An elongated trigger finger head enables the device to activate for all known syringe and syringe plunger tolerances. The spring end coils have larger diameter than the inner coils to reduce the likelihood of the spring end coil end interfering with the cartridge subassembly. Syringe capture features are configured to retain a syringe having a small round or conventional cut flange in place during use and reduce the stress on the syringe flange during insertion while maintaining the ability to hold the syringe in place during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SAFETY SYRINGES, INC.
    Inventors: James M. Verespej, Ryan Schoonmaker, Philip Dowds, Frederic P. Field
  • Publication number: 20150359974
    Abstract: A folding panel needle guard comprises front and rear panels coupled together at hinges, a collar attached to the front panels at hinges, a guard base element coupled to the rear panels at hinges, a hub and a spring to unfold and lock the front and rear panels in a co-linear needle shielded configuration. The folding panel needle guard is mountable to a needle or syringe assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Christopher Doyle, Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej, Frederic P. Field
  • Patent number: 9044378
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a needle guard device or system that can be used with drugs requiring reconstitution. The needle guard is preferably a passive needle guard that can be used during reconstitution without activating the safety mechanism. Following administration of the medication, the needle guard shields a user from inadvertent needle sticks by extending a protective shield over the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: SAFETY SYRINGES, INC.
    Inventors: James M. Verespej, Lars T. Westbye, Philip Dowds
  • Patent number: 8821453
    Abstract: A folding panel needle guard comprises front and rear panels coupled together at hinges, a collar attached to the front panels at hinges, a guard base element coupled to the rear panels at hinges, a hub and a spring to unfold and lock the front and rear panels in a co-linear needle shielded configuration. The folding panel needle guard is mountable to a needle or syringe assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Christopher Doyle, Philip E. Dowds, James M Verespej, Frederic P. Field
  • Publication number: 20140039406
    Abstract: A safety device for a medicine cartridge comprising a body for receiving a cartridge, a guard for covering a used needle, a plunger to dispense medicine from the cartridge and a spring for activation of the guard. The trigger fingers of the guard are spaced to avoid or minimize contact with the spring flange during assembly to avoid trigger finger unseating. An elongated trigger finger head enables the device to activate for all known syringe and syringe plunger tolerances. The spring end coils have larger diameter than the inner coils to reduce the likelihood of the spring end coil end interfering with the cartridge subassembly. Syringe capture features are configured to retain a syringe having a small round or conventional cut flange in place during use and reduce the stress on the syringe flange during insertion while maintaining the ability to hold the syringe in place during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAFETY SYRINGES, INC.
    Inventors: James M. Verespej, Ryan Schoonmaker, Philip Dowds, Frederic P. Field
  • Publication number: 20140025013
    Abstract: A device that is used in conjunction with a needle-based medication injection device (e.g. a prefilled syringe) that prevents needle stick injuries. The used needle is shielded by a needle guard that surrounds and extends beyond the needle tip. In a preferred embodiment, before the needle is inserted into the patient, the needle guard projects forward to substantially hide visibility of the needle for safety and to reduce patient anxiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: PHILIP E. DOWDS, James M. Verespej
  • Publication number: 20130030376
    Abstract: A folding panel needle guard comprises front and rear panels coupled together at hinges, a collar attached to the front panels at hinges, a guard base element coupled to the rear panels at hinges, a hub and a spring to unfold and lock the front and rear panels in a co-linear needle shielded configuration. The folding panel needle guard is mountable to a needle or syringe assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: MARK CHRISTOPHER DOYLE, PHILIP E. DOWDS, JAMES M. VERESPEJ, FREDERIC P. FIELD
  • Patent number: 8298193
    Abstract: A passive needle safety device for protecting the needle of an injection syringe after medication has been delivered to a patient comprising a body that can hold a syringe, a telescoping guard fitting over the body, and a spring deployed between the guard and body such that the guard is urged in an extend configuration distally relative to the body, the improvement comprising, trigger fingers for holding the guard and body together in an un-extended configuration against the force of the spring, and a plunger rod with a plunger head which pushes against the trigger fingers, the head having an angled surface that provides a lateral component of force to the trigger fingers to displace them from the latched configuration to an unlatched configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic P. Field, Philip Dowds, James M. Verespej
  • Publication number: 20120130349
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a needle guard device or system that can be used with drugs requiring reconstitution. The needle guard is preferably a passive needle guard that can be used during reconstitution without activating the safety mechanism. Following administration of the medication, the needle guard shields a user from inadvertent needle sticks by extending a protective shield over the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: James M. Verespej, Philip Dowds
  • Patent number: 8128613
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a needle guard device or system that can be used with drugs requiring reconstitution. The needle guard is preferably a passive needle guard that can be used during reconstitution without activating the safety mechanism. Following administration of the medication, the needle guard shields a user from inadvertent needle sticks by extending a protective shield over the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Verespej, Philip Dowds
  • Patent number: D951718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CFS BRANDS, LLC
    Inventor: James M. Verespej